Source: International Christian Concern, March 23, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The message of unity came as the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) encouraged Nigerians to use Eid-el-Fitr as a moment for national renewal despite insecurity and financial hardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CAN President Daniel Okoh extended Eid greetings to the Muslim community, urging citizens to uphold values observed during Ramadan, including care for vulnerable people and peaceful coexistence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom insecurity to economic hardship, the challenges before us are real, but so too is our shared strength,\u201d Okoh said, calling on Nigerians to prioritize dialogue and unity across religious and ethnic lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The plea for unity comes amid continued violence affecting Christian communities in Nigeria\u2019s northeastern and Middle Belt regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite these conditions, Christian and Muslim residents in several communities continued customary Eid visits, sharing meals and exchanging greetings in mixed neighborhoods, even as some families remained displaced or avoided travel due to safety concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full story<\/a> and Dozens Killed During Palm Sunday Attacks in Nigeria<\/a>. Find such news overwhelming? Responding to the Palm Sunday attacks, Global Christian Concern has a short but powerful article on five ways to pray<\/a> that might be applied to other situations like this one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ICC also reports that thousands of Christian families are being evicted from their homes in Pakistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: International Christian Concern, March 23, 2026 The message of unity came as the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) encouraged Nigerians to use Eid-el-Fitr as a moment for national renewal despite insecurity and financial hardship. CAN President Daniel Okoh extended Eid greetings to the Muslim community, urging citizens to uphold values observed during Ramadan, including … Continue reading Nigeria: Christians Offer Eid Greetings and Plead for Unity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14578,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14577\/revisions\/14578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}